轟 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning

roar, thunder, boom resound

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ゴウ
  • コウ
Kun (native)
  • とどろ(かす)
  • とどろ(く)
Other languages
  • 拼音hong1
  • 한글goeng
  • Hán-ViệtOanh
  • Hán-ViệtHoanh

Basics

Strokes
21 strokes
Radical
車(くるま)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+8F5F

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱車䡛

Words using this kanji

  • とどろroaring
  • 轟くとどろくto roar, to thunder, to boom, to rumble
  • 轟然ごうぜん大きな音が轟き、響くさま。roaring, thundering, thunderous, deafening
  • 轟々ごうごうthundering, roaring, rumbling, booming
  • 轟沈ごうちんsinking instantly (of a ship due to a torpedo attack, bombing, etc.)
  • 轟音ごうおん大きく轟きわたる音。thunderous roar, roaring sound
  • 轟きとどろきroar, peal, rumble, booming
  • 轟石とどろきせきtodorokite
  • 轟発ごうはつloud explosion, thunderous blast, firing (a cannon, etc.) with a loud bang
  • 轟雷ごうらいroaring thunder, loud thunder, thunderclap
  • 轟かすとどろかすto make (a thundering sound), to let resound, to make (one's name, etc.) widely known, to make (one's heart) pound
  • 轟き渡るとどろきわたるto resound far and wide, to reverberate, to roar, to echo

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(15 results)

Lookup codes

SKIP
2-7-14
Four Corner
5055.6
Spahn–Hadamitzky
7c14.2
Heisig
2760
Nelson
4643